Leanne Li Wants to Be Surprised by Wong Cho Lam’s Proposal
After five years of dating and many marriage rumors, it looks like Wong Cho Lam (王祖藍) and Leanne Li (李亞男) are finally deciding to tie the knot this year. With Cho Lam busy earning money last year in order to buy a large private complex for $14 million HKD, and Leanne hinting that she has been thinking about marriage, wedding bells will happen fairly soon.
Since Cho Lam’s mother and sister reside in Hong Kong, Leanne visits them quite often. It was Cho Lam’s mother who found his church friend, Leanne, to be beautiful and suggested that he pursue her. Leanne has a great relationship with Cho Lam’s family and have vacationed together.
On the other hand, it was said that Leanne’s parents initially did not like that she was dating someone in the entertainment circle. In order to impress his girlfriend’s parents, Cho Lam worked his way into the Mainland Chinese market to make more income. Cho Lam’s hard work paid off when he reaped in over $20 million HKD in the past six months. Cho Lam then dropped $3 million HKD to renovate and expand his newly bought house, perhaps to accommodate for a future baby. He has saved enough to give Leanne’s parents $3.98 million HKD as an upcoming wedding gift.
Leanne Indirectly Admits Possible Marriage
Asked to comment on their plans for the future, Leanne indirectly admitted that the couple does have wedding plans on the near horizon. They have talked openly about marriage, but hinted that they still need to discuss the plans with her parents. Asked about the seven-figure sum that Cho Lam plans to give to her parents as a wedding gift, Leanne said, “I’m happy he has this sincerity.”
“I don’t know how he’s going to propose, but I want it to be a surprise!” Leanne said. Cho Lam may take advantage of a romantic work-travel opportunity in April with Leanne to pop the question.
Source: ihktv.com
This article is written by Su for JayneStars.com.
Lol I misread the million and was like WHAT! $3.98 for her parents!!!
She’ll be even more surprised when she finally sees him in his birthday suit, if she hasn’t already yet………..The body of a 12 year old boy……hahahaa…..
Hahaa! Good one. I can’t stand his fish lips..
‘He has saved enough to give Leanne’s parents $3.98 million HKD as an upcoming wedding gift.”
I am not crazy about wedding ‘gifts’ to the bride’s parents, sound to me like they are selling her off and not marrying her off. When one of my friends got married, the groom side asked her family the same, and her mom responded “my daughter is getting married, i am not selling her”, so she respectable decline monetary offer.
Absolutely correct. Most people don’t worry about those offers these days.
It is not uncommon in traditional upper class Chinese families to offer a “bride price”. In return, the bride’s family will give a dowry (usually expensive jewelley) to match the price given. Of course, these cultural practices are hardly carried out in modern times, although traditional families (including mine) still do it.
I disagree with gifts to the bride’s parents accept in this case. The bride deserves every penny for taking up with someone that look like that.
LOL! That sounds so mean! LOL!
Awkward couple to say the least. 😛
But it’s their life….
Omg I agree. I get that Wong Cho Lam is getting pretty successful but she’s a goddess. .and hes like a troll LOL
troll, LOL
A fish troll!! Hahaa! Can’t stand him. Gross!
Sounds like the parents marrying her off for the sake of money…
He’s not completely unfortunate looking but I’m not sure I could overlook a partner being that much shorter than me.
Its not wrong for a thoughtful guy to give his future parents in laws a big wedding gift if he can afford it..shows his sincerity in marrying the girl.
maybe the parents just accept on behalf of their children and will return back to their kids next time.
3,980,000 HKD = 570,771 CAD
Maybe enough to buy a nice big mansion/house in Canada?
Maybe the parents will buy a nice big house (with Leanne as title holder) so that Leanne & WCL will have a nice place to stay when they visit (with babies to come). haha 🙂
Not in Vancouver for sure. All the houses in Vancouver cost a lot more than CAD570,771. It should be okay for a condo.
Really? Okay, then maybe a nice down-payment or pay off their current home.
But, for sure, no daughter for sale at that low price. haha 🙂
Thanks to all the chiners and hongers… they screw the housing markets here
Hope prices won’t be like HK. haha 🙂
If you want a house in the core of Vancouver, try $1,000,000.
In the suburbs (eg. Surrey, Burnaby, etc), at least $600,000.
This is coming from a person who lives in the city.
Source: http://globalnews.ca/news/1098143/vancouvers-housing-prices-2nd-most-affordable-in-the-world/
A beautiful wife an expensive dowry I think is a good deal.
She’s indeed beautiful and can understand why he needs to work so fast.
I just hope he doesn’t overwork himself to exhaustion.
Soory
I meant why he needs to work so hard.
I have no issues with bride presents – it’s a symbolic gesture indicating how ‘valuable’ the bride is. And yes as pointed out will be returned in the form of something else by bride’s family.
BUT what is crass is that he won their approval with $$$$$$$$$$$.
Like how does that measure ANY person – as to whether he’s kind, considerate, nice and thoughtful – a decent human being for their daughter etc?
Bring those bags of gold, and we will accept you?
Very revealing if that was the only barrier between their approval and acceptance of this guy.
Some ppl say to chinese tradition a gift of wedding to the girl’s parent is considered as sincerity from the man’s heart to wed their daughter so it can’t be a small amount for Cho.lam, he has to show he is happily and willing to wed Leanne with that huge amount.
Well, both of them are christian, right? I’m not christian myself, but I always thought that christian chinese weren’t allowed to believe anything other than christianity and had to get rid of and discard their own culture in order to get into christianity fully. I wouldn’t be surprised if bride presents are sin according to christianity as the saying goes, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil”. But then again, who cares?
Chinese tradition or other tradition that if the person can afford it. Who wouldn’t want what’s best for their children but some parents are just greedy and in the end it only lead to their children’s unhappiness.
I know most of you had bad experiences with Christians, hence all these negative comments that borders on slander. I am not a christian but many of my friends are christian. Even strangers and none of them were rude or hell bent on converting me. In fact they were happy folks, helpful and most were very polite and well bred. Perhaps I met genuinely good ones whose religion drives them to be kind to others so my advise is if you meet crazy religious people, leave but don’t assume all of them are like that. Not even muslims.
Totally agree!!! Don’t let the minority ruin the whole. In general, most people are basically good people. It’s just that Christians (or whatever religion) have a guide. To what extent the followers abide by the guide is up to the user. haha 🙂
Agreed some Christians are more opened mind nowadays. Like my aunt a strong Christian but when she gets older she starts to do chinese praying.
Have met some catholics and they’re the ones telling me jesus and judas jokes.
I find it is the protestants that are more, how shall I put it, more into the religion, not catholics.
Thats such a generalization. Not all protestants are “more” into the religion. Although there are some very extreme groups of Christians out there.
And that Catholics have more holidays than the protestants despite being “christians”.
I did not realize giving gifts to the girl’s family still existed. That kind of practice does not happen in my family. The groom’s family just pays for the wedding jewelry and the wedding expenses,but of course the bride’s family helps out too. It is not like the olden days anymore. My mom’s only requirement would be for the guy to love me since money should come second because my family expects me to be self reliant instead of just rely on the guy or his family.
I like WCL, he is generous/大方. And, I like Leanne too, she is nice and gave him a chance (even when he was not that successful yet). I don’t see why this couple will not last.